Member of Parliament for Builsa South and NDC 2024 Spokesperson on Education, has slammed DMB for airing a “fraudulent” advert claiming over 5 million students have benefited from the Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy from 2017-2024.
According to Fact-Check Ghana, the actual number of beneficiaries is less than 5 million, with total enrollment figures from 2017-2024 standing at 3,135,754.
“Ghanaians deserve a leader with integrity, not a leader who is averse to the truth,” Dr. Apaak stated, demanding DMB pull the “deceitful” advert and apologize.
He noted that using WASSCE entry statistics would reveal an even lower number of beneficiaries, less than 2.5 million, as not all enrolled students complete their education.
Read Clement Apaak’s full statement below
DMB must immediately pull his fraudulent advert, claiming that over 5 million students have benefited from FSHS from 2017-2024. How can the number of FSHS beneficiaries be more than the number enrolled? Such blatant lies must be roundly condemned. DMB must apologise for lying to Ghanaians.
As is clear from work done by Fact-Check Ghana, and captured in the table attached, less than 5 million students have benefited from the programme so far. Using enrollment figures reported by the government through the Ministry of Finance, Fact-Check Ghana has established that the total number of students enrolled from 2017-2024 is 3,135,754, way less than the concocted 5,000,000.
In fact, if Fact-Check were to use WASSCE entry statistics reported by WAEC beginning in 2020, when the first batch of FSHS students registered to write WASSCE, the number of beneficiaries would be less than than 2.5 million. This is because not all students who enrol go on to complete by registering and writing WASSCE.
Ghanaians deserve a leader with integrity, not a leader who is averse to the truth. Pull your deceitful advert and apologise to Ghanaians, DMB.
Dr. Clement Abas Apaak
MP, Builsa South, Deputy Ranking Member on Education Committee of Parliament and NDC2024 Spokesperson on Education
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